A command line (terminal) anywhere and everywhere: DTerm
moschos Command line work isn't a separate task that should live on its own—it's an integrated part of your natural workflow. DTerm provides a context-sensitive command line that makes it fast…
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Software update your MAC using the terminal
You can check for available updates, ignore packages, and install any or all Mac OS X Software Updates directly from the command line (terminal.app). To get a list of available…
How to preview images from your terminal (MAC OS)
Using the open command you can preview pictures (and all files that preview.app can handle such as .pdf) right from your MAC's terminal window. For example open *.jpg will open…
Enabling and using the “root” user in Mac OS X
moschos The user named "root" is a special user in UNIX-style operating systems that has read and write privileges to all areas of the file system. The root user should only…
Set your terminal PROMPT display what you want (PS1)
Prompt is control via a special shell variable. You need to set PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 variable. If set, the value is executed as a command prior to issuing…